Track aligning and tie tamping device



Aug, .9, 1932. P, KUSHNlER TRACK ALIGNING AND TIE TAMPING DEVICEOriginal Filed May 29, 193C) 4 Sheets-Sheet l Aug. 9, 1932. P. KusHNlER1,871,185

TRACK ALIG'NNG AND TIE TAMPING DEVICE Original Filed May 29, 1930 4Sheets-Sheet 2 /NVENTOR a ask/wier M ey P. KUSHN|ER 1,871,185

TRACK ALIGNING AND TIE TAMPING DEVICE 4 Sheets-Sheet 3 Aug. 9, 1931?.

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P. KUSHNIER TRACK ALIGNING AND TIE TAMPING DEVICE Original Filed May 29.1930 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 f N VEN TOR Patented Aug. 9, 1932 i UNITED STATESA '.PAUL KUSHNIER, OF WARNEFORD, ON T AIBJIO, CANADA TRACK-ALIGNING ANDTIE TAMPINGvDEVICE Applicationled May 29, 1930, Serial'No. 456,973.Renewed November 28, 1931.

This present invention relates to certain new and useful improvements ina track aligning and tie tamping device.

fThe primary object of the invention resides in the provision of a trackaligning and tie tamping device which is highly ecient in use and maybereadily handled b-y a single workman. v

Another object of the invention resides in l) the provision of a trackaligning and tie tamping device of the character stated which may bereadily placed in position and adjusted for easy operation with theminimum expenditure of time, labour and expense.

A further object of the invention resides in the provision of a trackaligning and tie tamping device of the character stated which.

is constructed so that it will perform the operation for which it isintended in the best manner possible without requiring more than oneworkman for duties which have heretofore required a number of workmen.

The invention has for a still further object the provision of a trackaligning and tie tamping device of the character stated which willfirmly -hold the track while aligning the same or tamping the tie,without danger of either the track or the device moving out of lsetposition. y

The invention has for a still further object the provision of a Ltrackaligning and tie tamping device of the character stated which iscomposed of the minimum number df parts, of simpleand inexpensiveconstruction and arrangement and which may be readily assembled andadjusted with respect to one another.

The invention has for a still further `obj ect the provision of a trackaligning and tie tamping device of the character stated which is of suchconstruction that it may be readily manufactured at small cost Y `andtherefore may be produced for railway companies at a reasonable price.

The invention has Jrora still further 'object the provision of a trackaligning and tie tamping device of the character stated which will eiecta considerable saving in the cost of labour and time and will standstrains to which it is subjected without injury to the device andwithout ill eiiect on the track.

To the accomplishment of these and related objects as shall becomeapparent as the descriptionV proceeds, myinvention resides-in theconstruction, combination and arrange-- ment of parts as shall behereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, and pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.v

The invention will be best understood and can be more clearly describedwhen reference is had to the drawings, forming a part of thisdisclosure, wherein like characters indicate like parts throughout theseveral views.

In the drawings Figure l is a plan view ofthe improved device With theparts assembled to adapt the device particularly for use as a trackaligning device;

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the device, showing the same in use andoperating against the far track rail, with the ymain portion of thedevice positionedA between the track rails;

v Figure 3 is a bottom planjview ofthe device; i

Figure 4 is a detailfragmentary side velevation, showing clearly theupper portionV of the body of the device; Y

Figure 5 isa longitudinal vertical section through the body of thedevice and the base thereof, showing clearly the parts operating withinthe body;

Figure 6 is a transverse horizontal section, taken substantially on theplane ofline 6 6 of Figure '5, looking in the direction indicated by thearrows;

Figure 7 is a vertical longitudinal section, similar to Figure 5,showing aslightly modied form of the invention with the parts arrangedfor engagement under the near rail of the track, with a portion of thebase eX- tended beneath the rail;

Figure 8 is a transverse horizontal section, taken substantially on theplane of line 8-8 of Figure 7, looking in the direction indicated by thearrows ;y

Figure 9 is a side elevation of the device it is to be noted that thedevice includes a base 16 which has prongs 17 extended downwardly atanangle vfrom its lower face for engagement in the surface to preventmovement of the base 16 in one direction. Carried on the upper face. ofthe base 16 'is the upstanding arcuate hollow body 18 or post, which hasa central elongated slot `19 in its concave side.y The lever 2O extendsthrough the slot 19 into the body 18 and-has its rear end secured in thesocket 21 Vprovided therefor in the concave side of the slightly curvedor arcuate rack barV 22 adapted to be raised within the body 18, alongthe inner face of the concave sides thereof. The rack bar 22 hasdownwardly directed rack teeth .or ratchet teeth 23 on its convex facesubstantially the entire lengthv thereof and with which teeth areengagedl the long upper pawl 24 and the short lower pawl 257 both ofwhich are pivoted at'their enlarged lower ends on the pivot pins 26 and27, projectinglaterally from the forward extension `28 of the handledsocket 29. It is to be understood that the pawls 24 and 25 have theirlower ends bifurcated so as to straddle the extension 28 of the handlesocket 29 and the pawl 24 is carried on the pivot pin 26 while the pawl25 is carried on the pivot pin 27. The pivotpin 26 also serves as thepivotinember ,for the handle socket 29. rfhis handle socket 29 ismounted in the rear extension 30 of the body 18, at a point below theplane in which the socket 2l is positioned when the rack bar 22 is inits lowermost position within the body 18. The handle socket 29 worksthrough the comparatively short longitudinal slot 31 `in the rearextension of the body 18 and the main portion of the handle socket 29 isflared outwardly and provided with a socket Vopening 32 opening on theouter end of the handle socket 29 and tapering cr steadily decreasing indiameter from its'- open outer end to its small rounded inner end 33.lt'will there` fore be seen that an appropriatehandle 34 may be readilysecured by a tapered end in the handle socket 29 for use in operatingthe device. The handle socket 29 has a stop finger 35 extended therefromat an angle and projecting into the slot 31 to engage the upper pawl 24and thus thereby limit upward swinging movement of the handle socket 29and the operating handle 34, carried therein. rlhe upper pawl 24 may bereadily withdrawn from the ratchet teeth 23 by means of the knob 36projecting from the rear side of the pawl 24 for which the slot 31 isprovided. A similar knob 37 projects from one side of the pawl 25through the opening 38 in one side of the body or post 18, so that thelowerpawl 25 may also be withdrawn from engagement with the ratchetteeth 23, when desired. By withdrawing both the upper pawl 24 and thelower pawl 25 from the ratchet teeth 23, the rack bar 22 may be perl,

mitted to return to its lowermost position within the body or post 18.The lower pawl 25 is normally retained in `its operative engagement withthe ratchet teeth 23 by the weight 39 carried on said pawl 25 and eX-tending along one; side of the rack bar 22. vThe lower pawl 25 may beheld in its inoperative position, away from the rack bar 22, by means ofthe pivoted hook y40 which is mounted on the side of the handlesocket29, by the pivot member 4l, preferably projecting laterally from thestop linger 35, said hook member 40 having anenlarged slotted workingend 42 for engagement over the ,knob 37 when the `pawl 25 is swungoutwardly from the back bar 22 and the hook member `40 swung inwardlyonits pivot 41. When the sides of the body 18 or a single handle 45Y onthe rear convex side thereof, as desired. When the pair of handles 44are employed, the device may be conveniently carried by two workmen, oneon either side thereof. Vi7hen the single handle 45 is employed, the`device may be more convenientlyl carried by one workman. Y

The lever 20 is pivotally mounted near its forward lower end on thefulcrum member-46 which is extended .transversely through the in thefiat track shifting member 49 which is` of substantially diamond shapein .plan and adapted for engagement transversely beneath one of therails of thetrack for shifting and thereby .aligning the track as4theldevice is operated, after being properly set in position between thetrack rails. 1

\ By referring to Figures 7 `and 8, itl will be seen that the slots 19of the body .18 may be extended to the bottom of the body andtherebyprovide for accommodating the laterally extended neck 450 at thebottom of the rack bar22 and on which neck 50 is carried the raillifting member 51 in the form of a plate normally resting on the baseplate 16 and adapted to be engaged beneath theQtrack rail adjacentwhichthe-body 18 is positioned. In this form a portion of the base plate16 also extends beneath the track rail and may be formed sepa-rate fromthe body 18 and the latter mounted on the base plate 16 by bolts 52 orthe. like extended upwardly through said base plate 16 and throughlateral flanges 53 extended from the bottom ofthe body 18. Otherwise,the construction and arrangement of the parts of the base plate 16and-body 18 are the same as disclosed in the Figures 1 to 5 inclusive.In this form shown in Figures 7 and 8, however, the base plate 16 is noteX- tended and bifurcated as in the first form and the lever 20 is notrequired.

For both formsshown in Figures 1 to 5 inclusive and in Figures 7-8, theslot 19 may either have the upper end thereof closed or may have itsupper end opening on the upper end of the body 18 and furthermore,ithebase pla-te 16 may be formed separate from orintegral with the'body 18,as preferred. In both of these forms of the device, the operating handleand handle sockets 29 are manipulated in theisame manner to forceupwardly the rack bar 22 and thus cause the parts-controlled thereby tofunction in raising or shifting the track rail engaged thereby.

For tamping a tie, special mechanism is supported on the body 18 andthis mechanism includes `a bracket plate 54, mounted on one sideof thebody 18, near the upper end thereof, as shown clearly in Figures 9, 10and 11. This bracket plate 54 has forwardly eX- tended arm 54a at itsforward upper corner and on which a bearing 55 is carried to supporttheupper end ofthe verticle 'rod 56 adapted to reciprocate therethrough. Apair of bearings 57 are also carried on the bracket plate. 54, adjacentthe lower edge thereof and through which is rotatably mounted thehorizontal shaft 58. vThis shaft V58 carries a bevelled gear 59 on oneend with which is engaged the driving Agears 60 carried on VVone end ofthe transverse driving shaft 61. This transverse driving shaft 61rotates thro-ugh the rea-r lower corner of the bearingplate 54 andthrough a second bearing plate 62 secured on the other side of the body18. The drive ing shaft 61 has oneend extendedfasV a crank 63 with anoperating knob or` Yhandle 64 mounted thereon, whereby the driving:shaft 61 maybe `readily rotated by hand. The shaft 58k has a wheel65wmounted thereon, concentrically with an eccentric pin 66 proj ectingfrom its outer'face and having mounted thereon the link 67, which isalso mounted at its other end on the pin 68 projecting radially from thecollar 69 which is lrigid on the lower portion of the vertical rod 56.Thus, asthe crank 64 is operated, the shaft 58 is rotated and, throughthe medium of the wheel 65, the eccentric pin 66, the link 67, the pin68 and the rigid collar 69 on the vertical rod 56, the latter isreciprocated vertically inthe bearing 55 yand in the lower guide bearing70 carried on the forward'end of the supporting arm 71 projecting fromthe side of the body-18, below the bearing plate 54. On the lower end ofthe rod 56, a sleeve 72 is carried, through which is adl justablysecured the transverse horizontal rod 73, firmly secured in its adjustedposition by the set screw 74 in the sleeve 72 or by other appropriatemeans. `A sleeve 75 is adjustable longitudinally on one endof the rod 73and retained in adjusted position thereon by a set screw 76 or otherappropriate means. An arm 77 depends from the sleeve 75 and hasadjustable thereon the collar 78 held in adjusted position by a setscrewv 79 or other means. Diverging and downwardly inclined arms 80project from diametrically opposite points of the collar 78 `and arerigid therewith. Pivoted to the outer lower ends of the arms 8O arethetamping arms 81 which depend and converge slightly toward one anotherfor operation at opposite sides ofthe ties to be tamped. The tamping.arms 81' have enlarged or widened lowerworking ends 82V and they areVresiliently retained in their innermost positions by the respectivesprings 83 connecting the tamping arms 81 with the arms 8O bywhich theyare suspended. During the operating of the tamping mechanism,fthe raillis retained in elevated position, as by the rail supporting plate 51 andthe crank handle 64 is Voperated to cause raising and lowering of therod 56 to lelevate the transverse horizontal rod 73 and thus raise thetamping arms 81 repeatedly,V permitting them to automatically lower andtamp the material at the opposite sides of the ties, after each raisingof the rod 56.

As the construction of the device has thus been described in' detailbrief yreference is now had to its use and modus operandi: When thisdevice is to be employed either for aligning the track or tamping a tie,the complete device is properly positioned bythe side of the vtrackorvbetween the rails and also between and longitudinally of a pair 'ofthe ties supporting the rails. When the `device is positioned betweenthe rails, the track aligning 24'and 25 properly engaged with theratchet teeth of the rack bar 22, itis then only necessary to oscillatethe actuating handle. engaged in the handle socket 29 and thereby causethe pawls 24 and 25 to alternately move on the ratchet teeth of the rackbar 22 and raise the latter in the body 18. This causes a tilting of thelever 2O and the member 49, thus pressing upwardly on the rail andvcausingthe same to slide on the tilted member 49 until theV track isproperly aligned. During this operation, the prongs 17 will serve tofirmly hold the body 18 and base plate 16 in set position. vWhen it isdesired to permit return of the lever 20 and the member 49 to normalposition, the pawls 24 and 25 may be readily disengaged from the ratchetteeth of the rack bar 22 and maintained in withdrawn position until therack bar 22 is completely returned to its lowermost or normal position,together with the lever 2O and the member 49. Nhen the device isemployed to raise one of the'track rails by means of the member 51, thismember 51, together with the projecting portion of the base plate 16should be properly positioned beneath the rail and the actuating handlecarried in the handle sockets 29 oscillated to raise thev rack bar 22and thus velevate the member 51 with the rack bar 52 until the rail israised to the desiredposi- Y tion. Without withdrawing the device, the

rail may be maintained in this raised or 'elevated position and thetamping mechanism then operated by means of the crank 64 to ,f cause athorough tamping of the material at both sides of lthe tie over whichthe sleeve 75 is positioned. While all :of `the parts of the tampinglmechanism are supported on the body 18, they do not in any way interferewith the eiiicient operation of the track aligning or'rail elevatingmechanism also carried by the body 18. However, the body 18 serves asthe supporting and carrying meansfor all of the mechanism .of thedevice. Y

F rom the foregoing description taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, it will be manifest that a track aligning and tietamping device is provided that will fulfill all the necessaryrequirements of such a device but as many changes could be made in theabove description and many apparently widely different embodiments ofVmyinvention may be constructed within the scope of the appended claimswithout departing from the spirit or scope thereof, it is intended thatall matters contained in the said accompany` ing specification anddrawings, shall be interpreted as illustrativeand not in a limitedsense.`

Having thus described my invention, what IV claim as new and ,desirey tosecure by Letters Patent is Y l. A track aligning and tie tamping deviceincluding a' base; a body carried on said 1 base; a rack bar operable insaid'body; means controlled bysaid rack bar;'and means operating throughsaid body for elevating said rack barwithin said b ody.

2.7Atrack aligning and tie tamping device including a base; an arcuatebody carried on said base; a rack bar operable in said body; meanscontrolled by said rack bar; cooperating pawls for raising said rack barin said body; and a handle carrying member working through said body andsupporting said pawls.

3. 'A track aligning and tie tamping device including a base; a bodycarried on said base; a rack bar operable in said base; a rail engagingmember controlled by said rack bar; an actuating handle carrying socketworking in said body; pawls carried on said handle carrying socket foroperating on said rack bar to raisethe latter in said body; and tietamping mechanism carriednby said body.

4. A trackl aligning and tie-tamping Vdevice including a base; a bodymounted on said base; a rack bar operable within said base; track railengaging means connected with said rack bar and "operable with the same;handle carrying means working through said body; pawls carried von saidhandle supporting means and operatively engaged with said rack bar toraise the latter in said body; and vtie tamping mechanism carried by andoperable on said body.

5. A track aligning and tie tamping device including a base; an arcuatebody carried on said base; a rack barv operable in said body; handlecarrying means vworking in said body; pawls carried by said handlecarryingmeans for raising said rack bar in said'body; a track railengagingl member operable with said rack bar; and a tie tampingmechanism operable on said body and supported by the latter.

6. A track aligning and tie tamping device including a base; a slottedbody carried on said base; a rack bar operable in said body; handlesupporting means operable in said body; pawls carried by said handlecarrying means and engaged with said rack bar to operate the latter insaid body; a track rail engaging member connected with said rack bar andoperating through the slot of said body; and tie tamping mechanismsupported on said body and operable thereon.

7. A track aligning and tie tamping device including a base;-a bodycarried on said base; handle supporting means working through one sideof said body; a rack bar within said body vand operable therein; meansextended from said rack bar and working through the opposite sideof'said body for operation on a track rail;`rack bar operating memberscarried by said handle supporting means; tie tamping mechanism carriedby vsaid body and operable thereon; and actuating means for said tietamping mechanism.

8. A track aligning and tie tamping de- Vice including a base; a bodyCarried on said base; a rack bar operable in said body; track railengaging means operable by said rack bar and Working through said body;handle supporting means Working through said body; rack bar operatingmeans carried by said handle supporting means; a pair of tie tampingmembers; a supporting means for if, said tie tamping members; a liftingrod for said tie tamping supporting means; means for mounting saidlifting rod on said body; means carried on said body for operating saidlifting rod; and actuating means for the said last mentioned means.

In testimony Whereo1 I hereimto affix my signature.

PAUL KUSHNIER. Y [L s]

